Improvement in glove-fastenings



G. HAVELL. Glove-Fastening.

No. 200,058. r Patented Feb. 5,1878

WITNEESSES 1 tNVENTOR ATTORNEYS N. PETERS FHOT0-L|THOGRAPHER,WASHINGTON. o c.

UNITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

GEORGE HAVELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERTS & HAVELL, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVE-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,058, dated February5, 1878; application filed December 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEO. HAV'ELL, of Newark, in the county of Essex andinthe State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Glove-Fasteners; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a fastener or clasp for closing and opening gloves, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I'will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective View of my glovefastener. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same. A A represent two spring-metal bars or plates, ofsuitable dimensions, joined or pivoted together at one end by apivot-pin, a. These two plates or bars, being inserted in the slit ofthe glove, are attached to its edges by means of the holes I).

The bars A A are provided at a suitable distance from their outer endswith knobs or their equivalents B B, which may be made separate andfastened to said bars by riveting, soldering, or in any other suitablemanner or they may be made as protuberances by pressing up part of thebars. Preferably I propose to form or attach these knobs uponprojections dd on the inner edges of the bars or arms A A, as shown inthe drawing. Forward of one projection d on one arm, and in rear of theopposite one, is a curved recess, w, for the ends of the opposite armsto enter when the fastening is closed. These knobs or protuberances B Bare tobe placed in such positions that when the arms A A are broughttogether they will interlock and hold the glove closed, and yet beeasily opened by the spring of the arms.

I do not broadly claim a glove-fastener composed of two hinged platesadaptedv for the sides of a glove-opening, and provided with a fasteningdevice, as I am aware that such is not new.

I am also aware that the fastening-knobs are of themselves old but I amnot aware that they have ever been used on a glove-fastening composed oftwo plates hinged at one end and free at the other.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ina glove-fastening device consisting of two arms pivoted together atone end and free at the other end, the knobs or protuberances nearthe'free ends of said arms, for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the pivoted arms A A, having projections d d,curved recesses w 00, and the knobs B B on said projections,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this17th day of December, 1877.

GEORGE HAVELL.

Witnesses:

J OHN O'r'ro, H. A. KINGSLEY.

